Example sentences of "[vb base] at its [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Put at its lowest , a single-minded and unrelenting pursuit of a policy , however right , however important , may be counter-productive in that it may alienate the very people whom it is sought to convert .
2 Put at its baldest , Jackie was a young man on the make .
3 Put at its simplest , they were voting for the countryside .
4 Put at its simplest , it was jealous suspicion , for when she had looked through Barbs 's windows she had seen Memet 's straw hat sitting on the sill : he always put his hat on the window-sill .
5 When you write an essay what you typically do ( put at its simplest ) is gather material and then arrange it .
6 How far are students encouraged to ‘ stand back ’ from the discipline , and look at its philosophical implications ?
7 When the Left want to take control of a particular constituency , they look at its controlling group and note that over a six-month period the maximum number of people attending the decision-making meetings is never more than ( say ) twenty-seven .
8 It is obviously impractical to have bulky salivary glands in the slender retractile proboscis and they lie at its inner end , anterior of the cerebral commissure .
9 Without doubt , this veteran Lancaster is still the most popular exhibit at the RAF Museum , and young and old alike stare in awe at this great aircraft and wonder at its remarkable achievements .
10 Nearly 500 employees work at its ten regional offices .
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